So before I had recently encountered problems I had a CD-ROM, 1 Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD (Windows 8.1 OS on it), and a 2TB HDD connected to my mobo. I had ran out of space on my first SSD and was about to order a second one so I can just have BF on that when I found that I still had a 2nd Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD in my closet that I forgot to return-ship (when I ordered the first one there was a mistake in mailing and I got two). I turned off my computer, unplugged everything, and set-up my 2nd SSD to be plugged in and realized I had no more SATA cables, so I ordered a 5-pack of SATA III (6Gb/s). The cables that currently connected my CD-ROM, SSD, and HDD were unknown to me and only had "SATA" printed on them (no specification of 3Gb/s or 6Gb/s). So when the SATA III cables arrived I decided I might as well replace all the cables with them. So I currently have 1 CD-ROM, 2 Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSDs (1 with OS and some other stuff, the other with BF), and a 2TB HDD connected to my mobo through SATA III cables. Everything with the actual drives is fine, except before I turned off my computer and did all this, my computer would boot up in 4-6 seconds and my CD-ROM worked. Now I'm lucky if my computer boots up in under 2 minutes and my CD-ROM not only isn't recognized by Windows OR my BIOS, but every time I click the physical button to open it, it closes itself as soon as it finishes opening.PLS HALPI want to be able to fix this the next time I open up my computer.All help is appreciated.

Check and make sure you plugged the cords into the right slots on your MOBO. I know on mine I have 8 slots 4 of each and they are not marked very clearly. As for booting I would disable the 2 HD that don't have your OS on them and test the boot time then, if its back to a few seconds then your issue might be that its checking the other HD's for your OS first.

Damonott wrote:Check and make sure you plugged the cords into the right slots on your MOBO. I know on mine I have 8 slots 4 of each and they are not marked very clearly. As for booting I would disable the 2 HD that don't have your OS on them and test the boot time then, if its back to a few seconds then your issue might be that its checking the other HD's for your OS first.

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I also have 8 slots, I'll triple check when I open up my computer again. Also I have the BIOS boot order set in what should be the right order so I thought it wouldn't be an issue. I'll triple check that too.Anyone else have any other ideas or things to look at?

If it takes that long I'm pretty sure you have plugged the system drive to the SATA2 slot, not the SATA3 as you should have.Cables doesn't matter, they are the same for SATA 2 and 3, it's just the interface that differs.You could start by just booting the system drive first and get that correctly setup, are you also sure you put it in the same slot as before as that could have (not sure) an impact on winblows.

- BIOS disable boot from the 2TB HDD.- Make sure SSD is plugged into the Intel controller and is set to AHCI mode in BIOS.

It could be because of the 2TB HDD, To test it, unplug the HDD and check boot time.- if so, might be because of system restore points on a large drive:Start > Right Click Computer > Properties (or right-click windows -> system for windows 8.1)Click System ProtectionClick your 2TB data driveClick configureClick the Delete button to remove all useless restore pointsClick Turn off system protection to permanently disable them.Click OK.- If you have a set up system backup image (file history in windows 8.1) should also disable that.

- Formatting the 2TB drive as a logical drive (instead of primary) may also help.

Less common but may also be caused from a USB device. Try unplugging all USB cables and booting up. Can be from USB mouse/keyboard/external HDD. sometimes a faulty USB 3.0 driver.

Necromancer wrote:- BIOS disable boot from the 2TB HDD.- Make sure SSD is plugged into the Intel controller and is set to AHCI mode in BIOS.

It could be because of the 2TB HDD, To test it, unplug the HDD and check boot time.- if so, might be because of system restore points on a large drive:Start > Right Click Computer > Properties (or right-click windows -> system for windows 8.1)Click System ProtectionClick your 2TB data driveClick configureClick the Delete button to remove all useless restore pointsClick Turn off system protection to permanently disable them.Click OK.- If you have a set up system backup image (file history in windows 8.1) should also disable that.

- Formatting the 2TB drive as a logical drive (instead of primary) may also help.

Less common but may also be caused from a USB device. Try unplugging all USB cables and booting up. Can be from USB mouse/keyboard/external HDD. sometimes a faulty USB 3.0 driver.

He already had the 2TB drive from before, he just put in an extra SSD and switched the cables for new ones.Your solution describes a different problem. Also, on new computers you don't need to use the Intel controller, that was just in the beginning with SATA2.

knorren wrote:If it takes that long I'm pretty sure you have plugged the system drive to the SATA2 slot, not the SATA3 as you should have.Cables doesn't matter, they are the same for SATA 2 and 3, it's just the interface that differs.You could start by just booting the system drive first and get that correctly setup, are you also sure you put it in the same slot as before as that could have (not sure) an impact on winblows.